1946 Silver Dime with one side

I have this 1946 silver dime with only the face side but I am not sure if someone altered it or not. Can anyone help out?

 

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It is altered. See the circles on the reverse? Someone ground it off.

 

Yes it has been altered.
The Reverse side has like a circle pattern. That is from a grinder.
The Reverse is missing the raised rim. A blank planchet has an upraised rims on both sides not just one.
And lastly, you can't have a perfect Obverse image without the Reverse being struck. you need a certain amount of striking pressure to create the image.

I don't know the exact weight of a silver dime but if you weighed yours and compared it to a normal one, it would weigh less due to the missing metal.

 

I would guess it was turned on a lathe to have such concertric circles on it. It also must weigh less having metal removed.

 

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This site sees quite a few coins like yours, the product of busy little hands, I suppose.

 

Yes. it was turned on a lathe.

 

simple damage

 

Obviously lathed down.